Too Conscience
April 10, 2007
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken didn't have to write himself a ticket. But he says it was the right thing to do.
"As sheriff, I'm held to the highest standard in law enforcement. How can I hold officers accountable if I don't hold myself accountable?" he said. "I'm satisfied I'm doing the right thing."
Kocken issued himself a ticket March 27 for an unsafe lane change, three weeks after he had rear-ended a suspected speeder after that driver slowed to turn. Neither the deputy who completed the accident report nor the Brown County district attorney's office felt that Kocken deserved a citation.
"But it kept bothering me," said Kocken. "Finally I decided to write myself a ticket. I felt it was the right thing to do."
The ticket carries a $160.80 fine that Kocken said he fully intends to pay.
The 52-year-old sheriff told investigators he was trailing a vehicle to determine its speed when he had to swerve to avoid a snowblower wheel in his lane. He moved into the other driver's lane and hit the car when the driver slowed.
The ticket marks the second citation in seven months that a state law enforcement officer assessed to himself. In September, Chief Dick Knoebel of the Kewaskum police department wrote himself a $235 ticket for passing a stopped school bus.
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According to my friend who is from Wisconsin, the state has developed a natural culture of abiding by the road laws to such a degree that many people pulled up along side her to let her know that she was speeding the last few times she went back for a visit. Apparently, her time here in MA has not been good for her driving habits.
Wow that’s going a little overboard heh. You wont find them kind of people here in So Cal. The average ticket here cost between $250 and $350. Plus I think it’s over a $100 for traffic school .
Most people want to go to traffic school here , not just to keep lower insurance rates but to keep a clean driving record. That’s a big deal with employers. One ticket can mean the difference between getting the job or not.
Most people want to go to traffic school here , not just to keep lower insurance rates but to keep a clean driving record. That’s a big deal with employers. One ticket can mean the difference between getting the job or not.
We're in the pipe , five by five.
Or keeping a job. When I worked at a BMW car dealership I got a ticket for doing 70 on the freeway. A few weeks after settling the ticket in court the service manager calls me in and says he going to haft to let me go if I get one more of those , because the insurance company raises the rates for the dealership and spoils the spending budget., So like the sergeant in Hill Street Blues says , lets be careful out there.
We're in the pipe , five by five.